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1997 Oregon

7–⁠5 (3–⁠5 Pac-10), coached by Mike Bellotti.

Schedule and results

Oregon in 1997, game by game: won vs. Arizona 16–9; won at Nevada 24–20; won vs. Fresno State 43–40; lost at No. 20 Stanford 49–58; lost vs. No. 15 Washington State 13–24; lost vs. No. 18 UCLA 31–39; won vs. Utah 31–13; lost at USC 22–24; won at No. 6 Washington 31–28; lost at No. 15 Arizona State 31–52; won vs. Oregon State 48–30; won vs. No. 23 Air Force 41–13+28−21Won 16–9 vs. Arizona+7ArizonaWon 24–20 at Nevada+4NevadaWon 43–40 vs. Fresno State+3Fresno StateLost 49–58 at No. 20 Stanford-9No. 20 StanfordLost 13–24 vs. No. 15 Washington State-11No. 15 Washington StateLost 31–39 vs. No. 18 UCLA-8No. 18 UCLAWon 31–13 vs. Utah+18UtahLost 22–24 at USC-2USCWon 31–28 at No. 6 Washington+3No. 6 WashingtonLost 31–52 at No. 15 Arizona State-21No. 15 Arizona StateWon 48–30 vs. Oregon State+18Oregon StateWon 41–13 vs. No. 23 Air Force+28No. 23 Air Force
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsArizonaW 16–⁠961%
Sep 13atNevadaW 24–⁠2044%
Sep 20vsFresno StateW 43–⁠4079%
Sep 27at20StanfordL 49–⁠5846%
Oct 4vs15Washington StateL 13–⁠2460%
Oct 11vs18UCLAL 31–⁠3946%
Oct 18vsUtahW 31–⁠1358%
Oct 25atUSCL 22–⁠2440%
Nov 8at6WashingtonW 31–⁠2818%
Nov 15at15Arizona StateL 31–⁠5222%
Nov 22vsOregon StateW 48–⁠3080%
Dec 20Bowls & playoffvs23Air ForceLas Vegas BowlW 41–⁠1338%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Air Force 41–⁠13 in the Las Vegas Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 33rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1997.

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 7th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
380–⁠350
Coach
Mike Bellotti
Elo
1595 +51 this season
SP+ rating
15.3 No. 22 of 112; offense No. 8, defense No. 59
SRS
9.6 No. 26 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dirk Koetter
Defensive coordinator
Rich Stubler

Drafted in 1998

The 1998 draft
Rd 2Patrick Johnson WRBaltimore Ravens
Rd 5Blake Spence TENew York Jets

All-Pac-10

1 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Eric WinnAPBCoaches-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1997 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1997 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington State7–⁠110–⁠29
UCLA7–⁠110–⁠25
Arizona State6–⁠29–⁠314
Washington5–⁠38–⁠418
Arizona4–⁠47–⁠5
USC4–⁠46–⁠5
Oregon3–⁠57–⁠5
Stanford3–⁠55–⁠6
California1–⁠73–⁠8
Oregon State0–⁠83–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.